Dell Inc., the world’s largest personal computer maker, is expected to offer a desktop PC using a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in September, Citigroup Inc. analysts said on Tuesday. It was bound to Continue reading “Dell seen using AMD chip in desktop PC come September”.
Asustek Computer has mapped out a long-term plan to develop white-box notebooks as the company sees a great growth potential for the entire notebook market, including the no-brand segment, until 2009, according to sources at Continue reading “Asustek sees great potential to develop white-box notebooks”.
According to industry research firm IDC, PC sales in the first quarter were higher than expected, thanks to international demand. In a report released Tuesday, IDC said worldwide PC shipments grew 12.6% during the first Continue reading “PCs Show Signs of Life as Q1 2006 Results Come In”.
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today announced it is producing larger capacity miniSD and MMCmobile Flash memory cards to support the growing storage demands of feature-rich mobile phones. The new mobile memory cards are immediately available Continue reading “Kingston Launches 2-GB miniSD and MMCmobile Cards”.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are competing to design the nation’s first new nuclear bomb in two decades. I forgot Continue reading “Labs compete to make new nuclear bomb”.
US President George W. Bush is currently in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in his first trip to the country since November 2003. US President George W Bush has arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Continue reading “Bush makes surprise trip to Iraq”.
Intel researchers say they have a transistor design that could someday enable faster and more power efficient chips. The company’s researchers feel that the combination of a three-dimensional or tri-gate transistor, which combines the use Continue reading “Intel Beaming About Swifter Transistor”.
Fudo over at The Inq. believes that the ATI R600 GPU is on track for a 2006 launch and will pack a bunch, but he is unsure how big the punch will be. R600 should Continue reading “ATI’s R600 is on track for Q4”.
Japan’s Toshiba and three other chipmakers said on Tuesday they have agreed to standardize technology to make advanced chips with a circuitry width of 45-nanometers or finer. The three other companies are Fujitsu, NEC Electronics Continue reading “Chipmakers to coordinate on 45-nanometer process”.
As a follow-up to its recent announcement of next-generation desktop chipset products targeted to hit the market in 2007, Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) stated that the SiS665, the company’s first northbridge that will support DDR3 Continue reading “SiS to begin producing DDR3 chipsets in late 2007”.
AMD will launch a pricing campaign later this month, covering the full range of its product line, in head-to-head rivalry with Intel, which is expected to lower the prices for its processors in July, according Continue reading “AMD to launch pricing campaign to counter Intel”.
Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class ? and many teachers can’t even hear the ring. Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too high-pitched Continue reading “Students find ring tone adults can’t hear — ‘Mosquito’”.
Windows users can now get their hands on a test version of Vista, Microsoft’s new operating system. The software giant is letting anyone download or order a beta, or trial, version of the program. Only Continue reading “Microsoft opens up Vista testing for the public”.
Soon, you won’t need scissors to clip out discount coupons — your cell phone will do the work for you. San Jose-based Cellfire has been quietly serving up mobile discount coupons to Cingular Wireless subscribers Continue reading “Cellfire offers downloadable coupons to Cingular users”.
ATI Technologies is looking to offer 965-equivalent chipsets for the Intel’s Conroe platform, according to company CEO Dave Orton. In addition, the graphics chip vendor is in talks with Intel about providing its CrossFire dual-card Continue reading “ATI to offer 965-equivalent chipsets”.